Jehu Long

Brief Life History of Jehu

When Jehu Long was born on 18 June 1825, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States, his father, Noah Lewis Long, was 21 and his mother, Martha Patricia Wallace, was 22. He lived in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Noah Lewis Long
1803–1863
Martha Patricia Wallace
1802–1867
Jehu Long
1825–
Mary Long
1827–1853
John L Long
1829–1847
James John Long
1830–1896
Solomon Long
1834–1897
Sarah Louisa Long
1841–1923
Irad Long
1846–1917

Sources (1)

  • John Long in household of Noah Long, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1833

Historical Boundaries: 1833: Putnam, Illinois, United States 1837: Bureau, Illinois, United States

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .

Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).

German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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